Environment
Fishermen will have to move from Hastings to Grimsby because of climate change
Historic south coast fishing spots seen lower levels of fish because rising sea temperatures over 30 years have led them to move into the cooler north sea.
Tesco has been slammed for selling kiwis in a plastic wrapper – containing a plastic SPOON
The TV presenter, 48, throws her weight behind the anti-plastic movement
Arctic shorebird populations are crashing because of climate change
A change in ice and snow cover and a decline in other prey such as lemmings has lead predators like arctic foxes to target nests instead.
A male and female shellfish dating back more than 400 million years has been discovered
Fossilised remains of the tiny crustaceans, measuring just 1 mm long, were unearthed in southern Japan.
Amazon rainforests ‘failing to keep up with climate change’
Researchers have found the effects of climate change are altering the rainforest’s composition of tree species - but not quickly enough to keep up with the changing environment
Children ‘most at risk of being knifed on way home from school’
As a new surge in knife crime grips the capital, researchers found the frequency of stabbings spike between 4pm and 6pm - attributable to incidents occurring on school days
Insects that live near streams ‘polluted by dozens of drugs and medicines’
And, worryingly, the chemicals are being passed in to the food stream when the contaminated insects are eaten by predators - both in the water and on land
The revolutionary device that helps frogs regenerate their legs
Scientists have designed the 'bioreactor' that can induce partial hindlimb regeneration in adult aquatic African clawed frogs by "kick-starting" tissue repair at the amputation site
Orangutan numbers ‘continue to decline – despite Indonesian claims’
The great apes are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, and are classified as "critically endangered"